04/18/07 - "There's no way that my children will ever go back to that building ever again," said Laura DiBella, a Ham Ave School parent (Updated)

Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg And The Greenwich Board Of Education Are

Literally giving
Intetionally
Ambiguous
Responces

to Glenville parents and the single family home owners who are forced to pay the tax bills.

Headline:

Laura Debella says that she sympathizes with Glenville parents faced with that dilemma.

Quote:

"I can't see how they would be comfortable with it," Debella says.

Story:

Parents oppose reusing modular

With a week to go before the Board of Education decides whether the mold-infested Hamilton Avenue School modular building should be remediated and reused, some parents are lobbying educators to reconsider their options.

The modular could be used by Glenville School students this fall while their school begins renovation.

"I just think we're rushing to get it done," Frank Carbino, a Glenville School parent, said of the decision-making process. "We're not doing any justice to the kids."

Carbino belongs to a chorus of parents who are opposed to reusing the modular building, particularly after what Hamilton Avenue's students went through. Students, who had spent three years there without access to a gymnasium or cafeteria, were evacuated from the modular building in March because of mold.

"We've already seen Hamilton Avenue go through this, we need to learn from it," Carbino said, adding that even if the mold is remediated, the site would lack a gym and cafeteria.

The Board of Education is set to decide Thursday whether it will reuse the modular or pursue the other option, which would be to take over the Western Greenwich Civic Center and build a new small modular......

Please see:

04/14/08 - BOE To Spend 1.7 Million To Put The Smallest Glenville Students In The Molded Modulars - Older Students Will Be Dispersed All Over(Updated)

Here Is Today's Suggested Submission To Ripley's Believe It Or Not:

Glenville School parent Paul Curtis, who unlike Carbino would rather send his children back to a remediated Hamilton Avenue School modular than have them separated.

"It's not the best solution but if the building construction people and the Board of Education feel it's an adequate school facility, we would rather stay together than split up." .....

Has Mr. Curtis been drinking a little too much of Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg's Kool Aid?

Here is an interesting question for Mr. Curtis.

Why was it okay For Greenwich School Architect John Brice to stick his hand inside the enclosed parts of the building, and then report to the Greenwich Time that he touched what "appeared" to be part of a vapor barrier?

But it is not Okay, for the Hamilton Avenue's Independent Environmental Expert to stick his hand in the same place and just take an air sample.

If Nancy "This Is Happening On My Watch" Weissler, the chairman of the education board, won't let an Independent Environmental Expert take an air sample in the same place that A Board Of Education Architect handled contaminated material, then how could a parent even consider placing a small child in that environment.

There Was no problem reported at all when John "School Board Paid" Brice, AIA reached inside and manhandled the contaminated construction materials, but if an Independent Environmental Expert want an air sample, then the school board claims that modular classrooms are going to potentially suffer honorific amounts of contamination and cause remediation costs to sky rocket?

The only reason Hamilton Avenue Parents are not allowed to independently test the contaminated modulars is that their are a bunch of high paid failed school administrators who are afraid of loosing their jobs.

Unfortunately, at the Greenwich Board Of Education the wants and needs of high paid failed school administrators come before the wants and needs of small children.

Please see:

04/12/08 - Greenwich Spotlight: Greenwich School District's Facilities Director Anthony "Tony Two Face" Byrne And The Ham Ave School Coverup (Updated)

Only a fool would allow their children to go back into those contaminated modulars without independent testing.

Hamilton Avenue And Glenville Parents Should Mark Thier Calendars

ALSO PLEASE SEE THIS RELATED POST:

04/19/08 - Judith Moretti Sends A Letter About Hamilton Avenue School To The Greenwich Time Editor And Asks Some Very Important Questions

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"JUST SAY NO TO CONTAMINATED CLASSROOMS"

04/16/08 - Frank wants to step back and learn from mistakes made in the past. He says the contaminated Hamilton Avenue Modulars are not an ideal site

Letters To The Greenwich Time

Reuse of modular buildings would be the wrong move To the editor: I would like to comment about a meeting I recently attended regarding the mold issue with the modular buildings at Western Middle School. The meeting, which was held at Glenville School, was designed so the building committee could present facts and findings about relocation options for Glenville School, and then have a question-and-answer session with parents. There were five options presented. The building committee quickly ruled out four of the options, and remediation of the old modular buildings was the only one left for discussion. I strongly believe remediation of the modular buildings is not an option. I don't think the question is whether the mold can be removed. The question is whether anyone can make this site a school. The Hamilton Avenue School students just spent the better part of four years in this modular school. This building committee needs to learn from them. Let's ask them: If the mold can safely be removed, would you like to go back into the modular buildings at Western? From discussions I've heard, the definitive answer would be no! So why should I, as a Glenville parent of two, send my children there? Let's step back and learn from mistakes made in the past. This is not an ideal site. And four years without a gym or cafeteria is unacceptable. Let's put new modular buildings on the Western Greenwich Civic Center site. The building is newly remodeled, and was once a functional school. It's located in the heart of Glenville and has a cafeteria and gym available for use. The problem surrounding this option is cost and delays. The question becomes: What's been the cost with doing it wrong? I'm sure the Hamilton Avenue community can speak volumes about that. With regard to delays, what's more important -- getting the new building started on time, or building an improved interim school for our children to attend for at least two, and most likely three, years? A student conceivably could spend a third of his or her Glenville elementary education (with building delays, it could be half) in modular buildings. Let's wait and do things right! Frank Carbino Greenwich Please see: 04/15/08 - Greenwich RTM Report - RTM Member's Postpone High School Building Committee Appointments, Because Of Heavy Opposition (Updated) More Letters To The Greenwich Time Editor: Controlling immigration is a basic requirement Special-needs school aides have been outstanding Censorship undercuts goal of student newspaper Funds will support important mental health programs Multiple causes for concern with Stanwich plans ========================================== Please send comments, news tips and press releases to GreenwichRoundup@gmail.com “A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.” Forest E. Witcraft (American Scholar, Teacher and Scout Leader, 1894-1967)